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In Reply to: RE: Cannot set up a Computer for audio - get a network streamer posted by Sprezza Tura on October 16, 2014 at 17:31:09
Thank you for answering my question.
The control device may still affect the sound quality of your audio system. It may do so through its direct radiation, through its power connections (if not on battery) or through its Ethernet cables (even if cat 7 shielded). The test for this is to move the control device out of the room, say right next to the computer that it is controlling. Alternatively, if your Ethernet cable is long enough, you can try moving the control device right next to the audio stack and see what effect this has.
It is not a question of "touching files". The problem is not the "touching" of bits that makes them somehow polluted. The problem comes from pervasive noise from digital circuitry polluting sensitive analog components. It doesn't really matter if a device "touches" the bits or not, provided they are just digital data. On the other hand, if a device "touches" an SPDIF signal or any other "digital" signal that contains audio timing information it is touching more than just the bits.
It is not a matter of theorizing how, or how not, some piece of digital gear may degrade sound quality. It is a matter of conducting listening tests to see what matters and what does not in a particular system.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Follow Ups:
Tony, I am here to enjoy my life. I simply cannot be bothered with phantom gremlins, real or imagined.
Air conditioning may degrade the sound but I am not going to sit in a puddle of sweat to enjoy music.
I am going to have my iPad at my listening position at all times unless I am listening to a full album then I put it somewhere else simply because I don't want to knock it over.
BTW, I said I was beside myself because I know you are far more erudite than myself....no sarcasm there.
"BTW, I said I was beside myself"
Do you both take turns sitting in the sweet spot during your listing sessions? ;)
Nah, I hog it....his taste in music sucks,
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